IBA World Boxing Championships

IBA World Boxing Championships
Status	active
Genre	sports event
Date(s)	varying
Frequency	biennial
Location(s)	various
Inaugurated	1974 (1974) (men) 2001 (2001) (women)
Organised by	IBA

See also: IBA Women's World Boxing Championships

The IBA Men's World Boxing Championships are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA, previously known as AIBA), which is the sport governing body. ^{[1] [2]} Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, they are the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships were first held for men in 1974. ^[3] Since 1989 the men's championships are held every odd year.

Weight classes

Cuban Felix Savon is the most successful boxer in the World Amateur Boxing Championships (Men's editions) of all time having won 6 gold medals as a heavyweight.

As of 1 August 2021, men are grouped into 13 weight classes as follows: ^[4]

• 46–48 kg (Minimumweight)
• 48–51 kg (Flyweight)
• 51–54 kg (Bantamweight)
• 54–57 kg (Featherweight)
• 57–60 kg (Lightweight)
• 60–63.5 kg (Light welterweight)
• 63.5–67 kg (Welterweight)
• 67–71 kg (Light middleweight)
• 71–75 kg (Middleweight)
• 75–80 kg (Light heavyweight)
• 80–86 kg (Cruiserweight)
• 86–92 kg (Heavyweight)
• +92 kg (Super heavyweight)

Editions

Number	Year	Host	Dates	Venue	Events	Nations	Boxers
1	1974	Havana, Cuba	17–30 August	Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva	11	45	274
2	1978	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	6–20 May	Pionir Sports Hall	11	41	219
3	1982	Munich, West Germany	4–15 May	Olympiahalle	12	45	271
4	1986	Reno, United States	8–18 May	Reno-Sparks Convention Center	12	38	235
5	1989	Moscow, Soviet Union	17 September – 1 October	Olympic Stadium	12	43	236
6	1991	Sydney, Australia	14–23 November	State Sports Centre	12	48	242
7	1993	Tampere, Finland	7–16 May	Tampere Ice Stadium	12	53	270
8	1995	Berlin, Germany	4–15 May	Deutschlandhalle	12	62	351
9	1997	Budapest, Hungary	18–26 October	Budapest Sportcsarnok	12	67	350
10	1999	Houston, United States	15–29 August	George R. Brown Convention Center	12	54	278
11	2001	Belfast, United Kingdom	3–10 June	Odyssey Arena	12	67	334
12	2003	Bangkok, Thailand	6–13 July	Nimibutr Stadium	11	68	338
13	2005	Mianyang, China	13–20 November	Jiu Zhou Gymnasium	11	74	412
14	2007	Chicago, United States	23 October – 3 November	UIC Pavilion	11	101	557
15	2009	Milan, Italy	1–12 September	Mediolanum Forum	11	133	554
16	2011	Baku, Azerbaijan	22 September – 10 October	Heydar Aliyev Sports	10	127	685
17	2013	Almaty, Kazakhstan	14–26 October	Baluan Sholak Sports Palace	10	116	576
18	2015	Doha, Qatar	5–18 October	Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena	10	73	260
19	2017	Hamburg, Germany	25 August – 3 September	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle	10	85	279
20	2019	Yekaterinburg, Russia	8–21 September	Ekaterinburg Expo	8	78	365
21	2021	Belgrade, Serbia	25 October – 6 November	Štark Arena	13	88	510
22	2023	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	30 April – 14 May	Humo Arena	13	107	538
23	2025	Astana, Kazakhstan	May		13

All-time medal table (1974–2023)

Updated after the 2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	81	38	30	149
2	Russia	28	21	26	75
3	Kazakhstan	18	16	22	56
4	United States [a]	18	13	19	50
5	Soviet Union	15	11	17	43
6	Uzbekistan	14	17	21	52
7	Bulgaria	8	8	19	35
8	Ukraine	7	12	11	30
9	Romania	7	5	17	29
10	Azerbaijan	7	5	12	24
11	France	6	7	17	30
12	Italy	6	4	15	25
13	Germany	4	6	25	35
14	China	3	2	9	14
15	Hungary	3	1	6	10
16	Turkey	2	4	11	17
17	South Korea	2	3	8	13
18	Puerto Rico [a]	2	1	3	6
19	Japan	2	1	2	5
20	East Germany	1	8	15	24
21	Yugoslavia	1	6	10	17
22	Mongolia	1	5	7	13
23	England	1	4	9	14
24	Ireland	1	3	9	13
	Poland	1	3	9	13
26	Brazil	1	3	6	10
27	Thailand	1	3	5	9
28	Armenia	1	2	9	12
29	Georgia	1	2	8	11
30	Russian Boxing Federation [b]	1	2	2	5
31	Nigeria	1	1	3	5
32	Kenya	1	1	0	2
33	Morocco	1	0	2	3
34	Uganda	1	0	1	2
35	Venezuela	0	5	6	11
36	Belarus	0	3	7	10
37	Philippines	0	3	3	6
38	Finland	0	3	2	5
39	North Korea	0	2	5	7
40	Algeria	0	2	2	4
	Netherlands	0	2	2	4
42	India	0	1	9	10
43	Canada	0	1	4	5
44	Lithuania	0	1	3	4
45	Argentina	0	1	2	3
	Thailand Boxing Federation [c]	0	1	2	3
	Wales	0	1	2	3
48	Croatia	0	1	1	2
	Ecuador	0	1	1	2
50	West Germany	0	0	6	6
51	Australia	0	0	5	5
	Egypt	0	0	5	5
	Spain	0	0	5	5
54	Sweden	0	0	4	4
	Tajikistan	0	0	4	4
56	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
57	Dominican Republic	0	0	2	2
	Mexico	0	0	2	2
	Norway	0	0	2	2
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	2	2
	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
62	Albania	0	0	1	1
	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Totals (79 entries)		248	246	496	990

Notes

1. 1986 silver medalists Luis Román Rolón (48 kg, Puerto Rico) and Loren Ross (81 kg, United States) were disqualified for doping and stripped of their medals, which were not transferred to other athletes.
2. At the 2021 championships, in accordance with a ban by WADA and a decision by CAS, Russian boxers were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated as the Russian Boxing Federation and under the Russian Olympic Committee flag.
3. At the 2021 championships, in accordance with a ban by WADA, Thai boxers participated as the Thailand Boxing Federation, under the AIBA flag.

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active amateur boxers and highest medal count among all boxers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Rank	Boxer	Country	Weights	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Félix Savón	Cuba	91 kg	1986	1999	6	1	–	7
2	Julio César La Cruz	Cuba	81 kg / 92 kg	2011	2021	5	–	1	6
3	Juan Hernández Sierra	Cuba	67 kg	1991	1999	4	–	1	5
4	Lázaro Álvarez	Cuba	56 kg / 60 kg / 57 kg	2011	2019	3	2	–	5
5	Serafim Todorov	Bulgaria	54 kg / 57 kg	1989	1995	3	1	–	4
	Zou Shiming	China	48 kg / 49 kg	2003	2011	3	1	–	4
7	Francisc Vaștag	Romania	67 kg / 71 kg	1989	1995	3	–	1	4
8	Roberto Balado	Cuba	+91 kg	1989	1993	3	–	–	3
	Andy Cruz	Cuba	64 kg / 63 kg / 63.5 kg	2017	2021	3	–	–	2
	Adolfo Horta	Cuba	54 kg / 57 kg / 60 kg	1978	1986	3	–	–	3
	Mario Kindelán	Cuba	60 kg	1999	2003	3	–	–	3
	Magomedrasul Majidov	Azerbaijan	+91 kg	2011	2017	3	–	–	3
	Sofiane Oumiha	France	60 kg	2017	2023	3	–	–	3
	Odlanier Solís	Cuba	91 kg / +91 kg	2001	2005	3	–	–	3
	Teófilo Stevenson	Cuba	+81 kg / +91 kg	1974	1986	3	–	–	3

See also

• List of medalists at the IBA World Boxing Championships
• List of medalists at the IBA Women's World Boxing Championships

References

1. "AIBA World Boxing Championships". AIBA.org. International Boxing Association (AIBA). Archived from the original on 31 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
2. "AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships". AIBA.org. International Boxing Association (AIBA). Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
3. "AIBA Boxing History – AIBA". AIBA. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
4. "AIBA increases number of weight categories for boxers". AIBA. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.